Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-31
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WASHINGTON. December 22-Mr. Al ilson called up the holiday recess resc t luton and moved its adoption.
 - MT. Plumb thought there was no res a son why congress should adjourn fo
 me holidays. He referred to the Hughe U resolution that Congress should not sd !ourn until some disposition of tn l treasury surplus was made, and said b.
 dld not agree with the presidents state
 ment that the responsibility of non-sc
 tion ID the matter oi the surplus woulC 5 rest with Congress. The primary re , sponsiollIty for the condition of tn,
 treasury rested with the president, wh,
 totally dlsregarded the law which re qulred him 10 spend the surplus Tn th, purchase of the national debt. Tn, president ln bis message omitted tC state that she last Congress passed (
 law which required him sffirmstyely tc pay SlO,OOO,OOO per month m the public debt, and that the president had put
 that bill ID his pocket, thus preventing
 It's becoming 0 law. The secretary
 the treasury was to-day de-
 posting S4O.0OO, 900 of the alleged sur
 plus with national banks, to be loaned
 to the people at such rates as their ne cessity compelled them to pay. Bonds of the United States could be purchased
 at a rate winch would yield 2IS per cent, and yet instead of using part of tht surplus for that purpose 1t was glv- en to national banks to be used for their profit The president had forgotten that the River and Harbor Bill, which sppro-
 priated Sl4, 100000, had failed not be- cause of any lack Of action by congress; tbe Deficiency Bill covering over s. OOO,OOO, had also failed at the last ses- sion because of neglect of the Demo cratic majority ia the House of repre- -entatlves, and these two sums would have made very comfortable addition 10 the current funds of the people at this iuncture. He (Mr. Plumb never did agree with the republican policy of the treasury department, but that pol! icy was not under suspicion of beIng uuduly influenced by New York banks. Just as fast as there was a surplus of SlO,OOO.OCO Tn the Treasury, under 6 re- publican administration. |. had been put ont in the discharge O; obligations of the United States. IL had never been paid out after consultations with officers of New York banks. The trou ble with the present administration was that it had no eye to anything except what related to the banking interest of New York city. He presumed that the adjournment resolution would pass, but believed it would not be with fair re- gard to the public interests.
 ALBANY, Dec. 23.-10 a. m.-Manning IS still living, and may last the day out but this Is hardly expected.
 . vices from Tshlequah say that special agent Anderson gave the two ocontending factions clearly to understand yesterday that he would give them 4S hours 10 settle the difficulty. and if the trou- ble was not adjusted then the govern ment would settle it for them. In view of this it IS sad the Nationals agreed to come ID to-day and farDish a quorum in the senate. count the vote and declare the election Of principal and assistant chief.
 HALIFAX, Dec. 23.-An explosion of dynamite at the limestone quarry near Brookield, this morning, killed four men, one of them proprietor of the quarry. They were warming dynamite previous to using It for blast when il exploded.
 NEW YORK, December 23-The officials fl the Reading road here refuse tO give information about the intended strike. The latest trouble IS at Elizabeth Port, where men refused to put Reading coal on Coxe Bros. boats, because the latter were Lehigh Valley operators. The general manager has given orders that tine boats must be loaded or the men discharged immediately. Report says Jot a wheel will be running on the Read ing road tomorrow.
 PHILADELPHIA, December 23-A strike IS threatened among Philadelphia and Heading railroad employees and Schuylkill miners. It is believed m financial circles that trouble is brewing
 YUMA, Dec. 23.-The Gils City section house was destroyed by fire early this morning. Section Foreman Edward Burke was fearfully burned, probably fatally.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 23-Whest, cash, v 3-35; May, S4s5. Corn, cash, 4s1s; May, 54.
 NEW YoKK-Bar silver 961s.
 MILWAUKEE, Dec. 23.-A dispatch from Hudson, Wis says telegram was received at that place this morning from New Richmond, asking for assistance from the fire department. as they are being destroyed by fire. New Rich mond is a city of 1900 inhabitants on the Omaha road.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 23-Two sailors, only survivors of crew of twenty-eight, re- port the loss of the American clipper sblp. Alfred Watts, October 10th. She left Philadelphia for Japan October Sih and was swgmped by hurricane. A heavy sea swept Captain Johnson and twenty-five others from the decks, Two men stayed on the waterlogged ship over A month and were Desrly exhausted when taken of by a passing bark.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-A dividend of per cent has been declared on Central Pacific railroad stock, payable Feb. 1st
 BEDFORD. Mass. December 23.-A slight shock of earthquake was felt here early tbis morning.
 NEW YoRK, December 23.-A Wash ,ngton special says: 4 dispatch from Albany states that the illness or Man ming is caused in a great measure by the had drainage in the Treasury build ing.
 ALBANY. December 23-At noon It uas believed that Manning would sur v,ye the day. He had frightened uP little. and regained consciousness. The family are prepared for the approaching end.
 PHILLIP, Wis, December 23-Ihis evening & passenger train on the WIS cousin Central Railway was thrown rom Inc track by a broken rail, south or Fifield, last night, and three cars thrown down a fifteen feet embsnkment. One ,erson killed and fourteen woonded.
 WASHINGTON, December 23-The chler of inc Bureau of Statistics in a stste- ment of the imports and exports or ine limited States for five, eleven aud twelve months ended November 3O, lSoi, as compared with similar imports mer, chspdise) for corresponding periods ot the preceding year were as follows; The The five months ended November 3O, lssh s0o9 22s. .625; same period in 1SS5, sZ'o,- 561 476. Eleven months ended Novem- her 30. 1887, s6J6. 6.70S. .Sl6; ID lSS6. S6G1'' 15l SO7. Twelve months of ISol, siIZ,- aS6 BIS; in 1886, s659. .092,6 cor. Exports Sor The five roonths ended November 5O, ,oo- SaII e59 047. in 1886. S900, 0,315.S23.